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Having had a X100 since it was released, and some usage of the X100s, in addition to previously owning a XP1 and just picking up an XE-1 plus being a RX1 owner, here are some thoughts
For the most part your pretty right on in terms of AF, IQ etc
X100s is a little quicker in AF, but not my a huge margin and not in poor light. It can also tend to misfocus sometimes. RX1 is a touch slower overall but its very accurate. Neither cam unfortunately is anything like the OM-D which felt near instant even in low light.
The RX1 is surprisingly fast though in terms of non existent shutter lag, and menu buttons. The Fuji cams all can have a little wait when your accessing image review and such.
X100s feels a little cheap compared to the RX1 as well. RX1 is the most solid camera short of a Leica. Feels like its carved of a solid hunk of metal and the buttons all have a nice solid feeling, much like when closing the door of a luxury car vs a cheaper car as an analogy. X100s feels a little cheap and more plasticy but certainly should still be durable. It looks like a camera from yesteryear but feels a bit more modern in construction if you know what I mean.
X100s obviously has hybrid finder which is great. EVF is pretty decent, but lags a bit. OVF has no lag but can sometimes be confusing with parallex as you may think the AF box is on the subject but actually grabbed the background and such. When shot matters, best to use LCD/EVF
RX1 offers neither option built in, but an external OVF works pretty well since its right over the lens so a little more accurate but again, you don't really know what your getting so its not a tool for precision shooting. The Sony EVF while pricey actually is really nice because not only does it have very high resolution and low lag, but it also tilts. Surprisingly useful being able to shoot from low levels and even just tilt it a few degrees up for comfort.
X100s has a VERY useful 3 stop ND built in. RX1 requires a filter as both lenses wont let you shoot wide open in bright sunlight.
RX1 does have a good advantage when its comes to DR and high ISO, plus the Zeiss lens is much better than the Fuji. The Fuji has a nice classic rendering though and is a good optic. The Zeiss has expected Zeiss color and pop and is sharp edge to edge even wide open. X100s can certainly still produce great images but the lens isn't in the same league .
Your going to get a lot more subject separation from the 35mm Zeiss lens than you are using the 23mm Fuji lens, not just due to sensor size, but the Zeiss focal transition and micro contrast gives more of an apparent "pop".
Both cameras have a sweep pano function, which is useful with fixed 35's, but the Sony version works much better and produces a lot less banding.
Both cameras can take the same filter size, 49mm, but the Fuji is more sensitive to IR and you can even manage handheld IR shots at high ISO which can be fun
Decent cost difference between the two, though you can get a used RX1 for $2200 or less, X100s hard to find even new so $900 or so difference. Good chunk of change but not like you can buy 3 X100's for the cost of just the RX1 these days. Also you are going to pay more for FF 24meg sensor, Zeiss lens etc no way around it.
All and all, X100s is a unique camera with its own look to the files from its sensor and lens. RX1 basically gives very modern files that look like they camera from a high end DSLR with a great lens but in a tiny package.
X100s is great for casual street shooting and such, files look great turned B/W in particular. Its not as good for landscapes as the lens isn't as sharp, has some field curvature, XTrans mushiness at times, and less resolution. RX1 can make a very good landscape camera with some of the best DR and resolution short of a D800 or DP2m, but of course can also do some very nice B/W tonality, street shooting etc.
For me, I hands down like the RX1 but the X100s is a fun camera. RX1 kind of spoils any other cameras for me these days because its such fantastic IQ and in such a tiny package, smaller in fact than the X100s even. Premium to be paid for that though, no forgetting that.
Best to probably handle both if you can though as its a pretty subjective decision overall, and IQ alone isn't the bottom line
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